Which to use
“fâchée” is an adjective and “fauche” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,452
- “fâchée” frequency rank
- #43,429
- “fauche” frequency rank
- 70881
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fâchée | fauche |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de fâché. | Action de faucher. |
Where the eye mixes fâchée and fauche
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fâchée (CVCCVV) and fauche (CVVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: fâchée vs fauche
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fâchée is \fɑ.ʃe\ while fauche is \foʃ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70881, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fâchée is recorded at frequency rank #27,452, classified as anadj, pronounced \fɑ.ʃe\. fauche is at rank #43,429, tagged as anoun, pronounced \foʃ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 70881, this pair ranks #49,621 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fâchée vs fauche
Shared letters: cefh. Private to "fâchée": âé. Private to "fauche": au.
"fâchée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "fauche" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- fauche ← afuche · facuhe · faucche · fauceh · fauchhe · fauhce · ffauche · fuache
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fâchée" and "fauche" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "fâchée" or "fauche" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "fâchée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fauche" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,621 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fâchée" and "fauche" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fauche vs Fuchs". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #49,621 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.